Dispensing cabinet and method for the controlled dispensing of objects

1. Dispensing cabinet for a controlled dispensing of objects, in particular tools, to authorized users, having a housing, a storage unit which is arranged in the housing and has a plurality of storage spaces for the objects, an input means for selecting an object to be dispensed and for inputting data relating to the object or user, and control unit, through which an authorization of the user can be verified on the basis of the data, wherein on the housing a dispensing opening is provided, at which several lockable access doors are arranged, drive means is arranged for moving the storage unit inside the housing, wherein a storage space containing the selected object can be positioned at the dispensing opening, and through the control unit the drive means can be controlled in order to position the selected object in front of the dispensing opening and the access door in front of the storage space containing the desired object can be unlocked in order to give access to a user, wherein through the control unit a usage of the objects can be controlled and in the case of a shortfall of a storage minimum number a reordering of objects can be carried out, wherein the storage unit is designed as a carousel which is supported and driven in a rotatable manner about a vertical axis of rotation, the carousel has several storage levels which are arranged on top of each other and each have a plurality of separated storage spaces, at the dispensing opening several access doors are arranged on top of each other, wherein one access door is in each case assigned to one storage level of the carousel, the access door is supported in a pivotable and spring-loaded manner, wherein the access door swings open on being unlocked, a size of the dispensing opening is adjustable for each storage level by way of positioning sheet plates, the housing has a box-shaped design consisting of support profiles, wherein the lateral surfaces are closed by wall plates, for access to the interior of the housing a front door is arranged on a front side of the housing between the support profiles, said front door being articulated by hinges and lockable by locks, on the front door, the input means are provided and in a center area of the front door, the access doors are provided in such a manner that the access doors constitute an external central plane of the front door, the carousel is formed with a disc-shaped base plate on which a support structure with support columns is arranged, the base plate has an outer circumference, the support columns are provided within the outer circumference of the base plate and are spaced from the vertical axis of rotation in a top view, the support columns are reinforced with respect to each other by a connecting cross, the storage levels are formed in a disc-shaped manner, each of the storage levels has an inner surface forming an inner circumference, and the disc-shaped storage levels are arranged on the supporting columns via their respective inner circumferences.

2. Dispensing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the storage levels are of modular design.

3. Dispensing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein on the base plate a toothing is arranged, through which the carousel is driven by a motor.

4. Dispensing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit has a data memory as well as a computer.

5. Dispensing cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein a remote data transmission means is provided.

6. Method for the controlled dispensing of objects to authorized users with a dispensing cabinet according to claim 1 , in which the objects are stored in storage spaces of a storage unit which is supported in a housing with a dispensing opening, by means of an input means an object is selected by a user and object- and/or user-related data are input, wherein on the basis of the input data a control unit verifies an authorization of the user and controls a drive means for the storage unit, wherein a storage space containing the selected object is moved to the dispensing opening and one of several access doors is unlocked at the dispensing opening in front of the storage space containing the selected object in order to give access to the user, and the control unit controls a usage of the objects and in the case of a shortfall of a storage minimum number a reordering of objects is effected.